All newspapers on Tuesday read in detail about French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Romania yesterday. Also in the newspapers today, Transports Minister Ludovic Orban was found not guilty as he was investigated by prosecutors for injuring a little girl in a car accident. In the Social Democratic (PSD) camp, leaders fight over nominations and money for upcoming elections.
Cotidianul reads that Romanian President Traian Basescu accepted to endorse Sarkozy's plan to include Gaz de France in the Nabucco energy project. Sarkozy plans to officially propose his plan during France's turn to EU presidency starting July 2008.
Sarkozy held a laudative speech at Romania's address in the Parliament, the paper writes. But it ads that Romanian Foreign minister Adrian Cioroianu managed to make another diplomatic misstep: during the press conference of the French and Romanian Presidents, Cioroianu stood up and left the room.
The newspaper reads that Sarkozy was compelled to get the support from other EU member states to support Gaz de France since Turkey excluded it from the Nabucco project. Turkish representatives refused to give France a stake in the project, for political reasons.
Gandul reads that the Kosovo issue has split the two Presidents as Sarkozy appreciated that Europe needs to remain united while Basescu argued that Romania will never accept the independence of Kosovo.
On a funny note, the newspaper reads about far right leader C.V Tudor who, in an enthusiastic move, tried to approach the French President to hand him a book. However, he could not get pass the bodyguards and the protective hand of Senate speaker Nicolae Vacaroiu.
Elsewhere in the news, Liberal Transports minister Ludovic Orban was found not guilty after injuring a little girl in a car accident, Gandul reads. The newspaper adds t
